It simply doesn't come off, and the viewer will be left with an empty feeling, a vacuous notion that somehow the laugh scenes slipped by unnoticed. They were never really there.
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05/20/08
Dragnet (1987)
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Reviews Counted:28
Fresh:13
Rotten:15
Average Rating:4.9/10
Runtime: 1 hr 46 mins
Genre: Comedies
Synopsis: A parody of the famous TV series, starring Dan Aykroyd as the nephew of LA's most upstanding cop. The new Sergeant Friday tries valiantly to continue his uncle's untiring quest for law and order --... [More]
Starring: Dan Aykroyd, Tom Hanks, Harry Morgan, Christopher Plummer
Director: Tom Mankiewicz
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Reviews for Dragnet
Aykroyd’s script has more than its share of clever, witty ideas, but the film still feels the need to descend way too often to Police Academy-style heroes-dress-up-like-idiots sequences.
05/20/08
More innocuous than inventive.
05/20/08
Top CriticDeservedly a critical and box-office fiasco.
05/20/08
Most of the time it's fresh, funny, and surprising.
05/20/08
Top CriticAnnoying comedy.
05/24/06
Entertaining enough, but a pity they didn't draft in more of the Eisenhower context.
01/26/06
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07/29/05
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06/25/05
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06/01/05
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03/30/05
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12/01/04
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10/04/04
Strident pop-culture revisionism.
06/22/04
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05/24/04
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03/19/04
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03/11/04
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08/20/03
Mr. Aykroyd and Mr. Hanks play well together, but the funniest performance in the film is that of Dabney Coleman, as the smut king (who lisps).
05/20/03
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